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Category Archives: Video
Meet HUD: The New Way of Using App Menus in Ubuntu
A brand new way of using application menus in Unity interface is coming to Ubuntu. HUD – Heads UP Display – uses an intelligent search-based approach to finding and accessing menu items you need. It’s smart too; HUD is capable of remembering what items you use most often and prioritising them in the results. The goal is [...]
[How To] Easily Install The Slickest Software Center on Linux
Installing software just got easier: The Linux Deepin Software Center is now available to install in Ubuntu 11.10.
The software store is easily the gems in the crown of Ubuntu-based Chinese Linux distribution ‘Linux Deepin’. It sports a clean layout, low-resource usage, and integrates package management features not present in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
Wallpaper Switching Lands in Precise Login Screen
The user account wallpaper transition feature has landed in Ubuntu 12.04 default login screen. The effect shows the desktop wallpaper of each user as accounts are scrolled through. Although the current implementation is not quite as blingy as the prototype shown off before xmas it does improve the character and personalisation of an otherwise perfunctory prompt screen. Just [...]
See What’s New in Unity 5.0
If you’re easily excited you might want to sit down. The latest version of Ubuntu’s Unity Interface – version 5.0 – has landed in Ubuntu 12.04 - and it comes with a number of nifty new features. Unity 5.0 Unity 5.0 feels far more responsive than previous iterations; opening windows, transitions etc all seem ‘snappy’. [...]
A First Look at New Ubuntu Laptops and PCs from CTL
I had the opportunity yesterday to visit CTL Corp located in Portland, Oregon and sit down with Erik Stromquist, Executive VP and COO and Michael Tupper, Director of Business Development. The purpose of the visit was to get a highlight of CTL Corp’s new Ubuntu Product initiative – and I was beyond excited.
Ubuntu Running on the Nook Tablet
If you find yourself gifted with a Nook Tablet this Xmas you may soon be able to run Ubuntu on it. XDA developer loglud has been hard at work getting Ubuntu (with the lightweight LXDE interface) running on the Nook Tablet. The whole shidoozle is a work in progress at present but word has it that a ROM [...]
Is This the Best Software Store on Linux?
We take a look at the Linux Deepin Software Centre – an application that is as user-friendly as it is beautiful.
Ubuntu in the Wild: Google Krakow
It’s hardly a secret that many Google employees use Ubuntu for their day-to-day work – but it’s always nice to be reminded…
Italian Rock Band Release Album Recorded Using Ubuntu
The début album from Italian rock band ‘Garage Orchestra!’ is pretty special – it was recorded, mixed and mastered using entirely free open-source software.
Ubuntu Adds Extra Glow to Nokia’s Public Lumia 800 Event
Yesterday evening London’s iconic Millbank tower became the canvas upon which an awe inspiring light show took place. The 387 ft tall building was painted, warped and transformed by an array of lights and sound during a public 30 minute display by Nokia, who were using the event to garner excitement for their ‘Lumia 800′ handset, the Finnish [...]
Portuguese Store Worten Reveal Promo Ad for New Ubuntu Netbook
A video advert for Ubuntu has been added to the YouTube channel of Portugal’s most well known electronics retailer Worten.
Click on inside to view the advert and learn more about the device it promotes…
Unity 3D Ported to OpenGL ES on ARM
The Ubuntu Developer Summit held earlier this month in California, US, was home to a wealth of discussion, demo and debate on all manners Ubuntu.
Part of that extended to Linaro – the ARM-orientated software engineering company of which Canonical are a driving member – who showed off a port of Unity 3D running on an ARM Cortex-A9 Pandaboard using OpenGL ES – a “..subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles.”
And its potential is massive.
15 Year Old Ubuntu Developer Bilal Akhtar Gets Interviewed
Novacut’s Jason DeRose spent some of his time at last weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit interviewing various Ubuntu developers.
Amongst them was Bilal…
Ubuntu Developer Summit Interview Videos Go Online
With so many Ubuntu folk in attendance at last weeks UDS Ubuntu’s Amber Graner made sure she grabbed some prime interview time with many of Ubuntu’s important figures.
Head on in for video interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Warner, and many more.
Multi-Monitor Support To Improve in Ubuntu 12.04 [Video]
Ubuntu’s shaky support for users of multiple monitors has long been an issue for many.
But as part the fit and polish of planned for Ubuntu 12.04, users will soon find themselves at the helm of a well supported and dependable multi-screen solution.
Watch a video of a working prototype inside.